Latest Alternative finance News: Finextra Research

Why Lending in 2025 Now Faces an Entirely New Dynamic

Joining the FinextraTV virtual studio, David Ruis, Partner, Deloitte and Anthony Nonnis, Head of Global Partnerships, Mambu, discuss how banking as an industry is currently experiencing new dynamics and the emergence of alternative lenders. Examining how the current regulatory and geopolitical situation is impacting innovation, they outline the transformation that is now taking place with AI technologies throughout the lending journey.

2 hours

News/startups

Fintechs enter new stage of profitability - report

The global fintech has enetered a new chapter defined by a rise in profitability and the emergence of scaled fintech and an "intensified focus on profitable growth".

02 June 2025

News/retail

UK fintech Tide eyes unicorn status

Tide, the UK-based business banking fintech, is reportedly in talks about a funding deal that would make it the UK's next unicorn.

02 June 2025

News/payments

Monzo surpasses £1bn revenue milestone

UK fintech Monzo has recorded a sharp rise in profitability and posted revenue in excess of £1bn for the first time.

02 June 2025

Company update/wholesale

YouLend to finance sellers on eBay

YouLend, the world’s leading embedded financing platform, has entered a strategic partnership with eBay Germany to offer sellers fast, flexible access to capital.

22 May 2025

Company update/payments

MyPOS teams with YouLend to simplify SME financing

myPOS, the award-winning fintech platform for European SMEs, has teamed up with YouLend, the preferred global embedded financing platform for leading e-commerce, technology and payments providers, to launch a new service in France.

14 May 2025

Company update/retail

MPower Financing securitizes $313.2m of international student loans

MPOWER Financing ("MPOWER"), a mission-driven fintech firm and the leader in international student financing, today announced the completion of its second securitization, MPOWER Education Trust 2025-A ("MPOWR 2025-A").

12 May 2025

News/wealth

Citi and SDX announce digital assets plan for private markets

Citi has teamed up with Swiss post-trade group SDX in a bid to develop tokenisation for private market assets.

08 May 2025

News/inclusion

Robinhood to bring tokenisation to Europe

US-based stock trading app Robinhood is planning to expand its European presence by offering investors in the region access to tokenised US securities.

08 May 2025

News/startups

Juice raises £25m for founder-focused lending platform

Juice, a UK-based alternative lending platform for digital founders, has raised £25 million in funding.

08 May 2025

News/retail

Egypt's MoneyFellows raises $13m for digital money circles

Egyptian fintech Money Fellows has raised $13 million for its mobile-based platform for money circles - where a group of people put funds into a pot for a specific period so that they can save and borrow together.

05 May 2025

Company update/retail

PowerPay secures $400m warehouse facility

PowerPay, a prominent financial technology platform, is pleased to announce the successful closing of a $400 million committed warehouse facility. KeyBank led the transaction as part of a multi-bank syndicate.

02 May 2025

News/payments

Tide rolls out B2B BNPL product on £100 million debt raise

Tide is to roll out a BNPL pay-in-four credit product to all elgible clients after securing a £100 million debt facility from Fansanara Capital.

01 May 2025

News/payments

Smarter, faster, still relevant: Experts weigh future of US payment systems

Nacha’s Smarter Faster Payments conference in New Orleans highlighted the growing momentum behind real-time payments, emphasising their transformative potential across commercial and technological verticals. Yet, amid this digital shift, sessions also acknowledged the enduring relevance of traditional rails like wire transfers, ACH, and even cheques - each facing its own modernisation challenges.

30 April 2025

News/retail

Fiserv to buy Brazilian fintech Money Money

Fiserv has agreed a deal to by Money Money, a Brazilian fintech providing working capital to small businesses. Financial terms were not disclosed.

24 April 2025

News/payments

The 150 leading organisations confirmed to attend NextGen Nordics 2025

The Nordic region has long stood at the forefront of digital payments, open banking, and financial technology. This legacy of innovation continues at full pace with the return of NextGen Nordics, a premier event gathering the most influential players in the financial services ecosystem. Set against the dynamic backdrop of the Nordic fintech scene, the 2025 edition of NextGen Nordics on 29 April 2025 at the Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm, Sweden promises to be the most impactful yet.

23 April 2025

Company update/wholesale

Liberis teams up with German SMB broker Fincompare

Liberis, a global embedded finance platform, has partnered with Fincompare, Germany’s largest small business broker marketplace, to bring its revenue-based financing solution to over 25,000 small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across the country.

15 April 2025

News/crypto

Bitcoin now accepted for day and boarding school Lomond fees

Lomond School has become the first UK school to accept bitcoin for school fees, partnering with providers CoinCorner and Musquet.

11 April 2025

Company update/wholesale

Lemon partners with Siemens to bring 0% SaaS financing to the UK market

Lemon, the financing platform connecting software vendors and buyers with personalised, quicker, and more convenient access to capital, is today launching its 0% interest financing product to the market.

07 April 2025

Company update/wholesale

Finom issues first credit line

FINOM, the European financial services platform for entrepreneurs, has issued its first credit line to a small business in the Netherlands, marking the company's official entry into direct lending.

31 March 2025